Fidel Castro Dead at Age 90

[Dahon]

Meh, the cheering Cubans in Florida disagree.

A significant number of them had parents and grandparents who at the very least were Batista supporters. I'm a democrat, but given the bullshit Batista fed every Cuban who wasn't in the take before Castro took power, I'm not surprised most people in Cuba things other than the trappings of a democracy much-abused between the Platt Amendment and Batista.

[Kravanica]

Cuba is better without the criminal Battista crowd, just as Miami is the worse for receiving them.

Where is this meme coming from that Cubans in Miami are Batista supporters?

[Wisgothistan]

I mean, I'm a leftist so I kind of miss him, but on the other hand he was a communist despot. I do have to applaud 2016 for doing what the CIA could not (after 638 tries!)

[Dahon]

Cuba is better without the criminal Battista crowd, just as Miami is the worse for receiving them.

Where is this meme coming from that Cubans in Miami are Batista supporters?

Parents, grandparents, kith and kin. Obviously getting reared in two different places under two wrestling ideologies would fuck history real fierce. So let's put it this way: just as Castro's Cuba wasn't all good, Batista's Cuba was way worse.

[Pope Joan]

Cuba is better without the criminal Battista crowd, just as Miami is the worse for receiving them.

Where is this meme coming from that Cubans in Miami are Batista supporters?

So let's deport those criminals, just like Trump wants to do with Mexicans. http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Near ... 72542.html

[Jamzmania]

Where is this meme coming from that Cubans in Miami are Batista supporters?

Parents, grandparents, kith and kin. Obviously getting reared in two different places under two wrestling ideologies would fuck history real fierce. So let's put it this way: just as Castro's Cuba wasn't all good, Batista's Cuba was way worse.

That's not an answer to the question, it's just an assumption that Cubans in Florida are Batista supporters or descendants of Batista supporters.

Many, if not most, of the Cubans in America, and Florida in specific, are refugees or descendants of refugees who fled persecution in Cuba under Castro's dictatorship.

[United Capitalist America]

You know the illuminati Jewish bankers control the world when people actually mourn the "death" of the Jewish Cuban state

[HMS Swiftsure]

Dead or not, I cannot bring myself to show sympathy for this man. Doing so would be quite dishonest and insincere of me.

Anyway, I do not care if Fidel Castro "saved his country" from the "Western imperialists". Regardless of what Fulgencio Batista did, nothing justifies fear-mongering as a basis for committing atrocities against the people. Two wrongs do not make a right, mate.

[Ethel mermania]

The guy was a brutal dictator, and all of this crap in the media about how he was a legendary warrior against evil needs to stop. His history should not be whitewashed.

Could've been worse.

Could have been raining.

[Dahon]

Man, not even Castro could survive 2016.

Better pack it in before Trump moves in and ends it all, yo.

[Dahon]

Could've been worse.

Could have been raining.

Could've sworn Batista was shit. Must be this year sweeping up for the age of Trump, the shortest age of all --

[Uxupox]

Could have been raining.

Could've sworn Batista was shit. Must be this year sweeping up for the age of Trump, the shortest age of all --

Batista was shit and Castro was shit. Both were horrible human beings.

[Ethel mermania]

Could have been raining.

Could've sworn Batista was shit. Must be this year sweeping up for the age of Trump, the shortest age of all --

he was, but say what you will, his gambling tables were honest.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Could've sworn Batista was shit. Must be this year sweeping up for the age of Trump, the shortest age of all --

Batista was shit and Castro was shit. Both were horrible human beings.

^ This.

While Batista was an asshole, Castro, while giving Cuba back to Cubans, wasn't exactly an angel either.

He simply was more justified to outsiders after the U.S.'s 10th assassination attempt.

[Arumbia67]

Why do so many on the left idolize him? He did some of the exact same things they're insisting Trump will. Rehab camps for LGBT people? Check. Forbidding freedom of expression/ speech? Check. Imprisoning people who criticize him? Major check.

[Arumbia67]

Batista was shit and Castro was shit. Both were horrible human beings.

^ This.

While Batista was an asshole, Castro, while giving Cuba back to Cubans, wasn't exactly an angel either.

He simply was more justified to outsiders after the U.S.'s 10th assassination attempt.

I might be wrong, but I'm quite sure that under Batista it was legal to leave the country. And wouldn't lead to your family being tortured.

[Thermodolia]

Dead or not, I cannot bring myself to show sympathy for this man. Doing so would be quite dishonest and insincere of me.

Anyway, I do not care if Fidel Castro "saved his country" from the "Western imperialists". Regardless of what Fulgencio Batista did, nothing justifies fear-mongering as a basis for committing atrocities against the people. Two wrongs do not make a right, mate.

Add a good helping of mental gymnastics and those two wrongs because 6 rights

[Thermodolia]

Why do so many on the left idolize him? He did some of the exact same things they're insisting Trump will. Rehab camps for LGBT people? Check. Forbidding freedom of expression/ speech? Check. Imprisoning people who criticize him? Major check.

He stood up to the USA, remember the US is always evil; he "helped" his people and he gave them "free stuff"; and he was a communist

[The Game Grumps]

Christmas isn't here and Santa already gave that dirty commie his present

[Yumyumsuppertime]

You know the illuminati Jewish bankers control the world when people actually mourn the "death" of the Jewish Cuban state

Take a *** One Week Ban *** for now while we discuss whether it's worth keeping you around at all.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

Christmas isn't here and Santa already gave that dirty commie his present

*** Warned For Trolling ***

[Bhikkustan]

Why do so many on the left idolize him? He did some of the exact same things they're insisting Trump will. Rehab camps for LGBT people? Check. Forbidding freedom of expression/ speech? Check. Imprisoning people who criticize him? Major check.

On the lgbt thing he realised his mistake and tried to apologise. I don't really condone the other two, but he did it to protect from American backed terrorists.

^ This.

While Batista was an asshole, Castro, while giving Cuba back to Cubans, wasn't exactly an angel either.

He simply was more justified to outsiders after the U.S.'s 10th assassination attempt.

I might be wrong, but I'm quite sure that under Batista it was legal to leave the country. And wouldn't lead to your family being tortured.

Also, it's legal to leave Cuba now...

[Arumbia67]

Why do so many on the left idolize him? He did some of the exact same things they're insisting Trump will. Rehab camps for LGBT people? Check. Forbidding freedom of expression/ speech? Check. Imprisoning people who criticize him? Major check.

On the lgbt thing he realised his mistake and tried to apologise. I don't really condone the other two, but he did it to protect from American backed terrorists.

I might be wrong, but I'm quite sure that under Batista it was legal to leave the country. And wouldn't lead to your family being tortured.

Also, it's legal to leave Cuba now...

So did George Wallace and Robert Byrd. But I doubt the average black person would want to hold hands with them and sing Kumbaya (if they were alive). Also yeah, they lifted the travel ban a while back. I'll admit when I'm wrong.

[Kyrusia]

You know the illuminati Jewish bankers control the world when people actually mourn the "death" of the Jewish Cuban state

Take a *** One Week Ban *** for now while we discuss whether it's worth keeping you around at all.

United Capitalist America: Considering the preponderance of your posts thus far appear to be trolling, let's upgrade that to a *** DEAT ***. I suggest you read the rules before you contribute further and, take note, honest-held beliefs do not excuse trolling.

[Ostroeuropa]

Only reason the media is even considering being nuanced about this is because Obama lifted the embargo and consequently they don't want to bolster Trumps popularity by talking about a murdering psycho and how Obama was buddies with his regime.

If the sanction were still in place, there would be much more negative tone and coverage of Castro.